Cooperative water plan

Have you heard about the "3 Sisters Plan" for our water future? The 3 Sisters Plan has been developed by a small volunteer group called the Ojai Valley Water Advisory Group. The principal architect is water guru Richard Hajas. You may remember Richard from playing an instrumental role in getting the Golden State Water Co. removed from the Ojai Valley.

Here's what the plan says in part:

"The following (3 Sisters Plan) analysis demonstrates that ample water resources are available to Ventura County to avoid chronic water shortages and provide reserve supplies for emergencies. If the local water agencies work collectively and pool each of their unique resources, the county could enjoy the benefits of a reliable and abundant water supply well into the future. A collective and cooperative solution to Ventura County’s water supply deficiencies may be the most effective, least costly, and most timely of all of the individual alternatives currently under review."

The "3 Sisters" are the Calleguas Municipal Water District, city of Ventura and the Casitas Municipal Water District. This plan makes a lot of sense and could lead to our drought-proof water future. Now we need to get the "Sisters" sitting down together to talk.

Let’s all encourage them to get together as soon as possible. Think about Cape Town, South Africa, running out of water because it didn’t plan well enough.

Casitas seems to be dragging its feet in moving this plan forward. That's strange because there is no better plan out there. Let's all work together by getting a water solution moving.

Angelo Spandrio, Ojai

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